Newt Boom Next?

Fox News ^ | 10/12/11 | Chris Stirewalt

[jageorge72]

If Newt keeps rising, I anticipate he will actually have the staying power and message to topple Romney. Someone has to do it.

[Paperdoll]

Newt does know the ropes. He is a part of the Establishment, like Romney.

[knarf]

I believe he’s a patriot, as well ... which is dangerous to the ebemy

[knarf]

I believe he’s a patriot, as well ... which is dangerous to the enemy.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

On the downside, few if any people actually got to hear him speak.

[Vigilanteman]

Herman Cain doesn't debate as well as Newt, but he has better core values. Cain debates at least as well as Romney, but he has better core values as well. Cain debates a lot better than Rick Perry and he has better core values as well.

Not such a tough choice. It is far more likely that Cain will improve his debating skills than that any of the aforementioned three will improve their core values.

[sockmonkey]

Newt always knocks it out of the park. He must have a photographic memory, and how anyone could even compare, or suggest any other candidate on the stage holds a candle to his skills on the debates is laughable. I think the bar for Newt must be set higher, or it’s his baggage, political and personal.

[rightwingextremist1776]

GOD I hope so....So far, nobody on that stage has earned my support. I was a Palin holdout and now I have to window shop again....not liking much of what I see. Romney and Perry are dyed in the wool RINOs and Cain's 9-9-9 is a non starter with me as long as the income tax stays so.....I'm still shopping. I can forgive Newt for his global warming backslide but he has used his freebie as far as I'm concerned....

[cuban leaf]

Most people following this know Newt can debate and knows his facts. Few of those people plan on voting for him. He’s a congressman for crying out loud. They make notoriously bad presidents. And I saw, with my own eyes, him sitting next to Pelosi extolling the validity of AGW. There is no way I’d vote for that guy as president. I’d stay home.

[YukonGreen]

Romney believes in global warming - Romney healthcare was the forerunner of Obamacare. Don’t think he is the ideal conservative canidate. Newt ran a very conservative congress when he was speaker.

[Beagle8U]

Newt is broke and that isn't likely to change. Nobody has a chance of getting the nomination without the ability to raise a ton of cash.

[cuban leaf]

Most people following this know Newt can debate and knows his facts. Few of those people plan on voting for him. He’s a congressman for crying out loud. They make notoriously bad presidents. And I saw, with my own eyes, him sitting next to Pelosi extolling the validity of AGW. There is no way I’d vote for that guy as president. I’d stay home.

And to give it context, I was a huge supporter of him back in the 90’s. On certain things I still am.

[Retired Greyhound]

... which is dangerous to the Obamamy

[Yossarian]

Well, if Dede Scozzafava endorses Newtie, then I'm full-in... </s>

[Ingtar]

If he pulls his support from Romney and Perry, I’m all for this.

[Still Thinking]

Liberal candidates debate before liberal moderators in debates hosted by liberal organizations, whereas candidates who claim to be conservative debate before liberal moderators in debates hosted by liberal organizations. Why do they play along?? I realize one candidate can’t stand alone on this issue, that’s the same as withdrawing from the debate to his detriment. But why don’t all or at least the vast majority of the candidates agree amongst themselves that in any debate, the moderators will be well-known conservatives and the debate will be held in a conservative venue??

[Mr. Mojo]

Romney explained that “the reason that you're seeing protests, as you indicated, on Wall Street and across the country is, middle income Americans are having a hard time making ends meet.”

"Middle income?" I'd wager that very few of them have ever paid taxes or held a real job in their lives. Just a bunch of young, angst-driven, socialist losers -- about as far from middle America as is possible.

Romney evidently has decided not to wait for the general before making a mad dash to the far left.

[Ingtar]

Newt did an ad with Pelosi (on a couch) about global warming. Newt also poked the TEA Party and other conservatives over healthcare and other things, calling the opposition “Right Wing Social Engineering.”

[cicero2k]

Not such a tough choice. It is far more likely that Cain will improve his debating skills than that any of the aforementioned three will improve their core values.

We're not going to find one person who is the best in both. At least in this group.

However, I'd rather compromise on debating skills first, core values second. Romney gets a veto because of core values. Perry gets a veto because of lack of articulation. So it's a choice of who's left.

Cain, Bachmann, Newt, Paul is pretty much my order.

However, Perry can improve and join the list, but this is becoming less likely.